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Author : Dustin W. Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (845 download)
Download or read book A Historical Brief on the Vultee XP-54 Airplane written by Dustin W. Carter and published by . This book was released on 196? with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Thompson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Vultee Aircraft 1932-1947 written by Jonathan Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskrivelse af Vultee-flyproduktionen og -flytyperne
Author : American Aviation Historical Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Aviation Historical Society Journal written by American Aviation Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth Werrell
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1648431305
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (484 download)
Download or read book Air Force Disappointments, Mistakes, and Failures written by Kenneth Werrell and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While successful developments in aviation receive considerable attention, the projects that failed or otherwise did not live up to expectations receive far less, if any, scrutiny. Typically, unsuccessful efforts are briefer in duration and have a less visible paper trail. Thus, while the literature is rich in success stories, we tend to “forget” or simply bury our failures. And, as one observer has suggested, “that there were failures, mistakes, and wrong turns reminds us that progress is not inevitable, that acknowledged error can be as instructive as success, and that roads not taken impose a price all their own.” Here, author Kenneth P. Werrell tells of a race to overcome obstacles—politics, resources, competing technologies, timing—in the quest to deliver quality, if not war-winning machinery. The focus of Air Force Disappointments, Mistakes, and Failures: 1940–1990 is on aircraft (e.g., bombers, fighters, transports) and missiles (e.g., cruise missiles, standoff missiles, ballistic missiles, surface-to-air missiles, air-to-air missiles). An intelligence system is also evaluated. These case studies give the context and details of the development, testing, and, as appropriate, operational service. Highlighting the problems and criticisms of these systems then provides an opportunity to determine what went wrong. The reasons for the failures of these systems vary from the obvious (money, delays, technical problems) to more complex reasons, such as the foe’s reaction, politics, new technologies, and timing. The tale of these disappointments is a heretofore untold story. These projects, in which the US Air Force stumbled, are outliers within the overall success of the service, and, fortunately, its successes outnumber the failures.
Author : American Aviation Historical Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book AAHS Journal written by American Aviation Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth P Werrell
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612513441
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Sabres Over MiG Alley written by Kenneth P Werrell and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the first jet versus jet war, the largest in number of victories and losses, and one of the few military bright spots in the Korean War. It tells how an outnumbered force of F-86 Sabres limited by range and restricted by the rules of engagement, decisively defeated its foe. Based on the latest scholarship, author Kenneth Werrell uses previously untapped sources and interviews with sixty former F-86 pilots to explore new aspects of the subject and shed light on controversies previously neglected. For example, he found much greater violation of the Yalu River than thus far has appeared in the published materials. The F-86 became a legend in "The Forgotten War" because of its performance and beauty, but most of all, because of its record in combat.
Author : Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation written by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gerald Balzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781580071253
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (712 download)
Download or read book American Secret Pusher Fighters of World War II written by Gerald Balzer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Secret Pusher Fighters of World War II analyzes the state of military aircraft procurement just prior to the start of World War II. It provides insight into the difficulties encountered by America's air services in dealing with an isolationist Congress and a limited mindset in the Army, which was seemingly indifferent to the aeronautical progress being made in Europe by the British and Germans. The book then focuses on the three winners of the 1940 fighter competition - the Vultee XP-54, the Curtiss XP-55, and the Northrop XP-56. Each of these radical designs - engine in the back (aka Pusher) using small canards in front, or, in the case of the XP-56, essentially a flying wing, used non-strategic materials and were developed in secret. At the time, the aerodynamics of these aircraft far outpaced engine development. In addition, this book details the technical difficulties of mating an advanced aircraft design with inadequate engine development.
Author : Steve Ginter
Publisher : Air Force Legends
ISBN 13 : 9780942612875
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Consolidated Vultee Xp-81 written by Steve Ginter and published by Air Force Legends. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Consolidated Vultee XP-81 was the Air Corp's first fighter designed around two gas turbine engines. This was the USAF's answer to Ryan Fireball.
Author : Robert F. Dorr
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 0760347638
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book 365 Aircraft You Must Fly written by Robert F. Dorr and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating, entertaining, and amusing plane-by-plane journey through aviation history. Aviation has come a long way since the Wright Brothers built their glider in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903. From among the thousands of different types of military and commercial aircraft constructed over the past 100 years , aviation expert Robert F. Dorr profiles the most important, fascinating, and famous aircraft ever made. Your opinions might differ, but you wouldn't want to miss out on the planes Dorr identifies as flights of a lifetime. The book covers 365 of the most iconic aircraft in world history that enthusiasts, serious-minded hobbyists, and casual fans would love to fly if given the chance. Clear photography, historical context, and specs get you as close as possible to these planes without setting foot in a hangar. While covering every era of aviation history, many of the planes in 365 Aircraft You Must Fly were flown during World War II, a time unmatched in aviation for its technological advances, romance, and clarity of purpose. During this golden age of flying, propellers gave way to jet engines, and the "Greatest Generation" fought gallantly in them. Explore the history, thrills, and joy of flying the world's most amazing 365 aircraft.
Author : Richard A. Leyes
Publisher : AIAA
ISBN 13 : 9781563473326
Total Pages : 1022 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)
Download or read book The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines written by Richard A. Leyes and published by AIAA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark joint publication between the National Air and Space Museum and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics chronicles the evolution of the small gas turbine engine through its comprehensive study of a major aerospace industry. Drawing on in-depth interviews with pioneers, current project engineers, and company managers, engineering papers published by the manufacturers, and the tremendous document and artifact collections at the National Air and Space Museum, the book captures and memorializes small engine development from its earliest stage. Leyes and Fleming leap back nearly 50 years for a first look at small gas turbine engine development and the seven major corporations that dared to produce, market, and distribute the products that contributed to major improvements and uses of a wide spectrum of aircraft. In non-technical language, the book illustrates the broad-reaching influence of small turbinesfrom commercial and executive aircraft to helicopters and missiles deployed in recent military engagements. Detailed corporate histories and photographs paint a clear historical picture of turbine development up to the present. See for yourself why The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines is the most definitive reference book in its field. The publication of The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines represents an important milestone for the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). For the first time, there is an authoritative study of small gas turbine engines, arguably one of the most significant spheres of aeronautical technology in the second half o
Author : Michael D. O'Leary
Publisher : Blandford
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book USAAF Fighters of World War Two in Action written by Michael D. O'Leary and published by Blandford. This book was released on 1986 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers, among others: Curtiss P-36; Lockheed P-38 Lightning; Bell P-39 Airacobra; Curtiss P-40; Republic P-47 Thunderbolt; North American P-51 Mustang; Northrop P-61 Black Widow; Bell P-63 Kingcobra.
Author : Bill Norton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781580071093
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (71 download)
Download or read book U.S. Experimental & Prototype Aircraft Projects written by Bill Norton and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on those American fighter projects of WWII that never reached combat forces, or only in a very limited manner. The book illuminates little known or minimally documented aircraft and projects that significantly advanced fighter design that never went into full-rate production and deployment. The 'standard' types are also examined to illustrate the 'state-of-the-art' at the time, the American posture and capabilities, goals set by national and military leadership, and general factors affecting the course of development for classes of fighters. Hence, this work follows the overall development of American fighter aircraft, but emphasizes those little-known projects that matured to the point of significant design development such as mockups, wind-tunnel models, and especially those yielding flying prototypes. Also includes 'dead-end' variants of service types, those only exported after US evaluation, and aircraft that entered service in only small numbers before being overcome by more advanced models or the end of hostilities.
Author : Bruce LaFontaine
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486410371
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Modern Experimental Aircraft written by Bruce LaFontaine and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 45 accurately rendered illustrations of dynamic flying prototypes: Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet, the Bell X-1 rocketplane, the diminutive McDonnell XF-85 Goblin "parasite," more. Descriptive captions.
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Publisher : PediaPress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 589 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Fighters and Bombers of World War II written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joshua Stoff
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486139077
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Picture History of World War II American Aircraft Production written by Joshua Stoff and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 250 rare photographs depict one of the greatest industrial feats of all time: America's massive production of World War II fighters and bombers. An introduction and captions outline the history.
Author : R. L. Van Tuyl and J. N. A. Groenendijk
Publisher : Rory Van Tuyl
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 729 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book A Van Tuyl Chronicle written by R. L. Van Tuyl and J. N. A. Groenendijk and published by Rory Van Tuyl. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghiysbrecht van Tuyl, a knight, and his wife Agnes serve the Duke of Gerle (now province Gelderland in the Netherlands) in the 14th century. In the 17th century, the line branched when descendants emigrated to the US. Each branch is traced to the late 20th century.
